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Show Kaiser's Peace Terras England Must Pay Germany Ger-many for Her Lost African Colonies. POLAND TO BE INDEPENDENT Another Step in German Propaganda to 1m-' 1m-' press Public Mind. WASHINGTON, Dec. 20. What purposes pur-poses to be an outline of the kaiser's much advertised "Christmas peace terras" has been received through neutral neu-tral diplomatic channels. The so-called terras include the following: fol-lowing: To leave the disposition of Alsace-Lorraine Alsace-Lorraine to a plebiscite of inhabitants. """England to' pay" Germany for her lost African colonies and the money to be used for the rehabilitation of Belgium, Serbia, Rumania, and northern France. Russian provinces bordering the Baltic sea,' the Black sea and Prussia to become independent under a Ger man plan. Poland to bo called an independent state under Austrian suzerainty. Disarmament, freedom of the seas and commerce to be left to the peace conference. Rumania, Serbia and Montenegro to retain their original boundaries with the right of access to the sea being granted to Serbia. Turkey to remain intact Whether such a proposal of terms is merely another step In the German propaganda to impress the public mind that the allies are responsible for a continuance of the war or whether it is really a feeler for peaco is a subject sub-ject for the estimate of the governments govern-ments concerned. nn |